call off

annuler, arrêter, rappeler

Annuler une activité prévue ou ordonner à une personne ou un animal d’arrêter ce qu’il fait.

En anglais simple : To cancel a planned activity or tell someone or an animal to stop an action.

• They called off the meeting.
• The police called off the search at midnight.
• Call your dog off before it bites someone.

Comment l'utiliser : call off something (They called off the match because of rain.); call someone/something off (The owner called his dog off.); call it off (We decided to call it off.)

Synonymes : cancel, halt, stop

Expressions courantes : call off something, call off the search, call off the dogs

annuler

Décider qu’un événement prévu n’aura pas lieu.

En anglais simple : To decide that a planned event will not happen.

• We called off the party.
• They called the match off because of heavy rain.
• Will you call off the trip if it snows?

Comment l'utiliser : call off something (They called off the party.); call something off (She called the wedding off.); call it off (The storm forced us to call it off.)

Synonymes : cancel, scrap

Expressions courantes : call off an event, call off a meeting, call off the wedding